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		abcdef123xyz2 on Jan 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scripting tmux capture-pane has -p so you can pipe its output rather than letting it create a buffer you have to delete.

3xblah on Jan 5, 2020 [–]

s/has/now &/

I started using tmux in 2009. There was no -p option when capturep command was first added. Old scripts that keep working tend not to get updated. I have updated it now. Thank you.

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